Moms and Dads, it’s time to let your artsy side run wild by giving your little ones their own Galaxy. They say we should all give our children the world; well, we think it’s more epic to give them the solar system too! Or at least their own space themed nursery. With the rise of film franchises such as Star […]
ASU Calligraffiti and Contorno Urbano“Leave the rationality of your brain and listen to your heart, what you feel, what vibrates,” recommends ASU, the muralist painting the Contorno Urbano wall in Barcelona this month. … Gaia and NohJColey Wreck a Big Wall in BrooklynCulminating weeks of prep, “Mutual Discrepancy” goes up, with both artists feeling good about street art in the […]
A selection of recent paintings by artist Derek Paul Jack Boyle (previously featured here). Of the work he says: “I am painting objects as characters within scenes, evoking allegory. Narratives arise from elements of fantasy, where imagination supplants observation. Everyday things become metaphors of a moment, locking time within a portrait. I am reimagining things as larger than themselves, a […]
Jeano Edwards is a Jamaican-born filmmaker and photographer, currently based in Brooklyn, New York. His practice is a meditation on the elusive concept of “home,” exploring the idea as an ever-changing sense of belonging as opposed to a fixed residence or location. His recently published photobook, “EverWonderful,” takes place during summers spent in Jamaica over the course of the last three […]
November 10, 2021 Artists As you would know if you waited in the dark out in the open night for a freight train to paint, the earth vibrates and the rumbling can raise adrenaline levels with fear and excitement, and anticipation. Time and again we hear the stories of isolation and community intertwined with “fright writing”, where a graffiti writer […]
So many kids love space and astronomy, and it’s not difficult to see why. A universe is a fascinating place filled with black holes, asteroids, and strange planets orbiting distant stars. What better way to celebrate this immersive world than with space-themed room decor? If your kid wants a space-themed bedroom, it can be hard to know where to start; […]
Emma Steinkraus is an artist based in rural Virginia. Combining paintings with wallpapers, her practice distills complex research into a cohesive visual space, shifting the stories we tell about women, art history, and the natural world. Her current project, “Impossible Garden,” explores the lives of historical women artist-naturalists through paintings and wallpaper constructed out of their illustrations. Stylistically, her work […]
Ariel Dannielle is an African American painter born, raised, and currently based in Atlanta, Georgia. She describes her practice as a visual journal, with each large-scale painting serving as a record of her personal experiences, observations, and feelings. Depicting the daily experiences of young Black women, Dannielle’s paintings offer new lenses through which Black womanhood can be represented, understood, and […]
Imagine being able to grasp a piece of street art, thanks to a 3D model of the original mounted nearby and made specifically for the blind and visually impaired. We do not recall writing about such a development – and now that we have learned about it, we hope to hear of many more. Weedzor. Belgrade. (photo © Marko Mihajlović) […]
Cinta Vidal (previously featured here) has been drawing since she was a kid. With a background in scenography, she has collaborated in painting large-format backdrops for European and international operas and theater companies, though her personal work has remained experimental. She has worked as a freelancer for various clients, but has gradually been moving toward a focus on her own […]